Oscars: Winners and nominees
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Well, the Oscars are over. It's been a long and often mind-numbingly boring Oscar night (especially the acceptance speeches), but we, like Jon Stewart, stuck it out until the bittersweet end. What did everyone think of Stewart as the Oscar host? I was really impressed with Stewart, myself. I was worried the audience wouldn't be real responsive to his jokes. His brand of humor is political, highbrow and snarky, and I wondered how he would go over with a theater full of insecure movie stars. I loved the Daily Show-style bits they did in-between too, although I think the humor went over the heads of some of the stars. Reese Witherspoon got it, though - she's a smart cookie, don't let the cutesy looks fool you for a second.
Here, for your perusing pleasure, is the list of all the winners and nominees from the major categories (winners are in bold and marked with an asterisk). Give us your thoughts on Oscar night - the winners, the losers, whose outfits you loved and hated, what you thought of Stewart as the host - whatever your thoughts are, we want to hear them.
Best Adapted Screenplay
*Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback
Mountain
Dan Futterman, Capote
Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener
Josh Olson, A History of Violence
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich
Best Original Screenplay
*Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
George Clooney
and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck
Woody Allen, Match Point
Noah Baumbach, The
Squid and the Whale
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Animated Feature
Howl's Moving Castle
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
*Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Art Direction
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
*Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
*Crash
Good Night,
and Good Luck
Munich
Actor
*Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle &
Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David
Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
Actress
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman,
Transamerica
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North
Country
*Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Supporting Actor
*George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul
Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of
Violence
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
*Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Director
*Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul
Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg,
Munich
Cinematography
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
*Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
Costumes
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
*Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
Walk the Line
Documentary Feature
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
*March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight
Documentary Short Subject
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
*A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman
Corwin
Film Editing
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
*Crash
Munich
Walk
the Line
Foreign Language Film
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noël (France)
Paradise Now
(Palestinian Authority)
Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days (Germany)
*Tsotsi (South Africa)
Make-Up
*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Original Score
*Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain
Alberto Iglesias,
The Constant Gardener
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams, Munich
Dario Marianelli, Pride & Prejudice
Original Song
''In the Deep,'' from Crash
*''It's Hard Out Here for a
Pimp,'' from Hustle & Flow
''Travelin' Thru,'' from Transamerica
Short Film (Animated)
Badgered
*The Moon and the Son: An Imagined
Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band
Short Film (Live Action)
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
*Six Shooter
Sound Editing
*King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the
Worlds
Sound Mixing
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
*King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
Visual Effects
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
*King Kong
War of the Worlds
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-06-2006 @ 1:52AM
Joseph Mountel said...
"Pale imitation" is the two word description of this Oscar award show.The two leading actors won for insipid imitations of real life biographies of June Carter & Capote--as did last year's winner Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.But what is even more galling and ,probably more so for Robert Altman,is the Best Picture winner "Crash" is a pale imitation of a Robert Altman picture.Best Song shows the academy can never forbid someone from selling an Oscar because it demeans the academy' award.
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3-06-2006 @ 2:10AM
Charles said...
I'm sad that the rap song won best original song. I HATED that song! And yeah, I feel *terrible* that you're a pimp. Want to help me mop up my tears?
Other than that, I wasn't really suprised by anything. The fact that Crash won raised my eyebrow slightly, but not as much as it did at the SAG's. But I think I'm the only person on the face of the earth to predict that Brokeback Mountain would NOT win. And as such, I'm the only one to be suprised that it didn't win. (Being lonely in this category is such a terrible thing!)
Overall, it wasn't a bad year, but it wasn't that stellar. Crash, King Kong, Memoirs, and Brokeback all took the night with 3 Oscars a piece; no film even got 4. With no clear winner, and with no suprise losers, it wasn't that bad of a year.
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3-06-2006 @ 2:34AM
Promise said...
Yeah, but... my 34 year old white suburban Memphis soccer mom friend who came over to watch the Oscars with me, called when she got home to tell me that she couldn't get the song out of her head and proceeded to sing a chorus from, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp." lol. Much to the dismay of my other Memphis friend who's afraid that now everyone is going to think that we're all either pimps or hoes since we live here. The fact is, it's a catchy song. I don't like rap, and I loved this song! I'm glad the Academy gave it the nod. However, I did think that Three 6 Mafia's acceptance speech should have had subtitles like in Airplane (the movie). That would have been priceless.
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3-06-2006 @ 8:23AM
Elliott said...
I thought Jon did a great job. I especially enjoyed the opening with all the past hosts. Very funny. I'm so glad he did well because I really felt like I would be laughing while the audience was silent.
I thought George Clooney's acceptence speech was the best. *raises glass* here's to living on the outside!
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3-06-2006 @ 8:26AM
Ray Arbour said...
I gotta say that Reese's winning of the oscar is a travesty. I don't care that she sang her own songs - I don't think she's "Academy Award" good - not even close. I watched "Walk The Line" last weekend & thought it was good, but there was nothing spectacular about her performance. Now, for the rest of my life, I'm going to have to hear things like "Academy Award Winner, Reese Witherspoon in... Legally Blonde 3 -"
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3-06-2006 @ 8:40AM
Susie Dixon said...
Well I was a abit surprised at the Oscars. I rally thought that Brokeback Mountain would win and if not then Heath Ledger for sure. Of course, there are always upsets. I thought Jon Stewart did a pretty good job. It must be really hard to do something like that. The clothes were beautiful but with the money those women have there is just NO excuse for something ugly.
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3-06-2006 @ 10:34AM
Kevin O. said...
I think J-Stewart did a great job as a host and really tried his hardest to keep the show moving especially after the slow moving acceptance speeches. However, I was extremely disappointed that Phillip Seymour Hoffman did NOT bark like a dog. I think he had a better speech the night before at the Indie Spirit Awards. The Altman-esque dialogue between Lily Tomlin & Meryl Streep was great, especially when the camera turned out to the audience and half of them didn't understand what was going on. Cheeky.
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3-06-2006 @ 10:39AM
Sam said...
I thought Jon did a damn good job. It was really interesting to watch various celebrities' reactions to him, though. Joaquin Phoenix looked like he wanted to tear Jon's head off and eat it, while Catherine Keener looked like she was going to die laughing.
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3-06-2006 @ 12:36PM
Pod said...
Jon Stewart is highbrow? I know that his easy, self-contratulatory audience likes to think so...
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3-06-2006 @ 12:47PM
Jenny T said...
John Steward is not Oscar material. Reese Witherspoon deserved her Oscar and Brokeback Mountain was lucky it one anything. Other than the fact it broke some barriers, the movie was actually pretty average.
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3-06-2006 @ 6:57PM
Erika said...
COME ON!!!! I was so disappointed in the awards as I always am I guess. The fact that Joaquin Phoenix was denied makes me soo mad. I think his performace as JC was far better than Reese W. by a long shot. I did think Jon did a good job as host though except for all the jabs on Phoenix. You guys were right it looked like he was gonna tear his head off... I think the cast of Brokeback deserved some spot light that they didn't get. The movie was good, as was the acting!! There are many that fear this movie, the hateful comments seem far more homophobic than just movie review!!!
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3-07-2006 @ 11:43AM
Karen said...
My sister and I watched the Oscars together, and we were in stitches with everything Jon Stewart said and did. And since we're 52 and 47, respectively, it's not like we're even in his target demographic. I agree with Kevin O. and Sam above--most of the audience didn't get him any more than they got Tomlin's and Streep's genius Altman riff. So sad.
An office-mate of mine saw Brokeback Mountain on opening day and came in to tell me it was going to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. I told him that Hollywood didn't have the balls or the conviction to vote for a gay-themed film. Then I saw it, and had to agree that it deserved all of the above. When it won the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs, I figured it was its year! But of course those awards are voted for by a bunch of damn furriners. The Academy's members ended up voting for its own backyard story, proving once again how utterly self-absorbed they are.
That Brokeback could win Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director and yet not Best Picture is simply laughable.
I see that Brokeback has now also won Best Picture in the Independent Spirit Awards, thus confirming the aptness of the award's title.
Great hosting, lousy award-giving (c'mon--Reese Witherspoon over Felicity freakin' Huffman???).
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